Mexican Cartels Using Armored Trucks to Continue to Wage War at Texas Border

While Mexico’s drug cartels have been using military-grade armored trucks in their operations for some time, recent reports show these monstrosities — known by Mexicans as “Monstruos” and by Americans as “narco tanks” — being found closer and closer to the southern U.S. border, with some even bearing American license plates.

For instance, according to Breitbart, a recent Tamaulipas State Police patrol near the city of Camargo, immediately south of Rio Grande City, Texas, uncovered a warehouse with at least one such vehicle present.

“When authorities inspected the warehouse they found a truck covered in armor plating as a makeshift combat vehicle,” Breitbart reported. “The truck had Texas license plates. It remains unclear if the vehicle was previously stolen.”

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The fact that a truck converted to a tank-like vehicle had Texas license plates should be very disconcerting, though to be clear, the one found south of Rio Grande City was a relatively lightweight version:

According to a report published by Colors magazine five years ago, the most powerful “Monstruos” are “(c)oated with metal, armored and armed to the teeth,” with their so-called “mechanical DNA” being equivalent to military tanks.

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Take a look at one below:

Now just imagine one of those monsters crossing the border with heaven only knows what on board — weapons, drugs, sex slaves, etc.

Moreover, Mexican cartels have been engineering their “narco tanks” more wisely by installing the armored paneling “on the inside so as to not draw unwanted attention from rival cartels and the military,” as noted by Business Insider two years ago.

The point is that as time passes, it may become significantly more taxing to identify these vehicles. Consider the vehicle found near Camargo — it almost looked like one of the armored cars used by banks and other such institutions to transport money.

It’s obvious that the cartels are willing to use any means necessary to continue smuggling both products and people across America’s southern border. And it’s even more clear why President Donald Trump’s planned border wall is a must.

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